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Creamy New England Clam Chowder

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Thick creamy and delicious and a great way to warm up on those cold winter nights.

Ingredients

  • 4 Tablespoons Salted Sweet Cream Butter
  • 1 whole Onion, Chopped Finely
  • 2 whole Carrots Peeled And Chopped Finely
  • 3 stalks Celery Chopped Finely
  • 6 cups Diced Potatoes (about 8 Medium Potatoes)
  • 4 cans Chopped Or Minced Clams (I Use The 6.5 Oz Cans)
  • 2 bottles Clam Juice (8 0z Bottles)
  • 1 package Real Bacon Bits Or 6 Slices Bacon Chopped Fine
  • 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese
  • 1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
  • Pepper To Taste

Preparation

Melt butter in a large pot on low heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery and sweat them out for 10 minutes on low heat. Add clam juice from the bottles and drain the clam juice from the cans, saving the clams to add at a later time. Add potatoes and turn up the heat to medium to medium-high. Boil till just softened, about 15 minutes.

Turn down heat to low and add cream cheese. Stir till it melts in completely. This helps cool the soup enough for the cream, so don’t skip this step. Add the full pint of heavy cream and bacon bits. Bring to a simmer on medium-low and add clams and pepper (with all the clam juice, it doesn’t need any salt, but taste it in case you feel it needs more). Stir for about 2-3 minutes for the clams to get warm.

Serve immediately. It’s great served in bread bowls or with rolls.

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internette on 1.19.2010

wow cream cheese in clam chowder is a new one to me. I think I might have to try this recipe, it does sound pretty good.

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grisewood on 1.23.2011

very tasty…..added a little flour at the end to thicken it up but otherwise stuck to the recipe for the first time through…..

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